SKYLIGHT GALLERY EXHIBITION: Eyewitness Beautiful Black Brooklyn
Presented by Skylight Gallery with support from Brooklyn Arts Council. This event is part of Black Brooklyn Renaissance, Black Arts + Culture, 1960 - 2010, sponsored by MetLife Foundation.
July 31, 2010 – September 30, 2010
10:00am – 6:00pm
July 31-September 30, 10am-6pm (Tuesday-Saturday)
Skylight Gallery
1368 Fulton Street, 3rd Floor
Through the work of six extraordinary Black Brooklyn photographers, the Skylight Gallery will examine the tumultuous intersection of the civil rights and cultural movements of the late 1960 s in Central Brooklyn. Eyewitness will feature the works of award-winning Brooklyn artists Larry Brown, Marilyn Nance, Beuford Smith, Randy Waterman, and Leroy Henderson. The artists, as eyewitnesses, have captured events, such as the "Drummer's Grove" in Prospect Park and the "Middle Passage Celebration" at Coney Island, and people, such as Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Nelson Mandela, and Jacob Lawrence.
Opening:
Saturday, July 31 6-8pm
Poetry performances by David Mills and Louis Reyes Rivera
Photography Workshops
Photography Workshop (Youth & Adults)
Saturday, August 14, 11am -1pm
The Art of Collecting: Black Photography
Saturday, August 21, 2:30-3:30pm
Presented by Restoration Center for Arts Culture
Contact: 718-636-6949
mmatthews@restorationplaza.org